So I get another eHarmony match, but this one lived too far away and was way too tall (women who are taller than me are freaks of nature and threaten my sense of manhood.)
But she sent me a questionnaire indicating interest, so I saw a perfect opportunity to make her think she was rejecting me instead. All I had to do was answer the questions in a way that would send her running for the hills.
First question: When in a relationship, how much personal space do you generally find you need?
My response: I need considerable time to myself for personal reflection. Last thing I need is a woman who is all up in my space.
Second question: How romantic are you?
My response: I believe romance is highly overrated and do not believe in it at all.Third question: How would you assess your verbal intimacy skills?
My response: I do not like to talk about myself with anyone, especially a woman. I do not see the point in discussing things like this as I consider it to be a waste of time.
15 minutes later, she closed the match. Why oh why, did she reject me, I’ll never know.
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Just curious what her reasoning for closing was?
“The differences in our values are too great.” :-D
Well, at least it wasn’t the generic “Other”, I really dislike that one, I want to respond back with “Man up and pick a real reason!” :-)
Oh I hate that one too, it’s like why bother even picking a reason then.
EXACTLY! BTW ~ Thanks for the tip on how to get someone to reject you, stroke of genius! I shall try it out with the next mismatch I get from Eharmony.
I’ve had to close over 200 matches so far. I have another 2 an a half months left but I’m probably gonna cancel at the end of the month here. What a flipping waste of my time.
I am approaching the 200 matches mark and I am less than thrilled with who they think I should be with. The only requirement that I have is that he has to be taller than me, and 90% of my matches are shorter than I am, its just wrong.
That’s funny, because a lot of my matches are taller than me, and I’m not even short! We’re talking towering 6 feet Amazonians here. Give me a break.
Oh Linc you brighten my day with your musings.
lol…well, I am only 5’7″, so shorter than me is REALLY short for a guy. But I think that I am with you, I will be canceling my membership. Your post on Eharmony’s Last Hurrah inspired me to give them another chance, and I have discovered that I agree with my first opinion, for me Eharmony just doesn’t work.
@Cheryl: I guess I should muse more often then. But only if you stop stealing my honey.
@Tina: Ah well, guess I’m gonna have to do this the old fashioned way – daily trips to the nudie bar and escort services.
Hey. I wasn’t the one whole stole it! And Linc, you’re much too good for that.
Yeah you’re right, I better just stick to bikers’ bars. :)
Years ago while stationed in Germany there was a couple … WOW they were beautiful. She was 6’4″ and he was 6’7″ … they really stood head and shoulders above most every one else in the room.
Whoa. But still, the dude was taller, so it works. Makes you believe in the idea of soulmates when you see something like that though. :-D
You are such a meanie Linc. hahahahaha Yeah I cancelled my eHarmony account long ago. I couldn’t stand how controlling that site was. Not even let you browse for your own matches? Won’t let you write your own creative profile? Whatever. Oh… and I’m 5’4 ;-)
This online dating thing can make a man truly bitter if he’s not careful. Too late for me though. ;)
Man, if only I’d thought of that when I got craptastic matches. How tall are these women, anyway?
And I think “Other” is code for “I’m not attracted to you.” Because I don’t think they made that option available… I could be wrong, it wouldn’t be the first time, but I used it when I thought the dating applicant just wasn’t ringing any bells.
Half of them were 6 feet tall! ?!?!?
If I’m not attracted to the match I just put down “I just don’t feel the chemistry is there,” which is my code for “Daaaaaaaaaaaaayuuuuum, you are HIDEOUS!”
I really do use “other” for when none of the other reasons are appropriate.
Is that a new option? I quit eHaromony in March after being suckered into it for a year. I actually know a couple who met through it and are getting married. I guess they fall under the 2 percent. But I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I say, Get the heck out of there!
6 feet tall women. Wow. We are getting taller. I was constantly matched with guys who were shorter than me, though… and I’m 5’7″. Sounds like a real problem. I sought guys who were tall, and had a tough search. Men are shrinking, women and sprouting.
I’ve always seen it there, so I’m pretty sure it was one of the original options.
I can’t understand the height thing. There’s an option that mentions height and how important it is to you but it doesn’t give any option to indicate whether you want the person to be shorter or taller than you. It’s weird.
Yeah I keep running into people who said they found their one true wubsy wubs on eHarmony. Makes me want to go out an invest in a flame thrower.
:P
What? It does!
:-D